User talk:HealthInsights

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, HealthInsights. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:55, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Healthline's website deficiencies

I saw your appeal for help at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Re-evaluation_of_Healthline.com_Blacklisting?, which led me to check out your website. I did a search for homeopathy, and what I found (while there were some good comments) was underwhelming in other ways, although I suspect an effort has been made to improve what had been there.

I then tried to contact someone to alert them, but the "contact" page provided no way to contact anyone. That's pretty bad.

I saw one thing that needs to be changed here https://www. healthline. com/health/migraine/brillia . This wording is there:

• "Currently, there’s not any evidence to support that Brillia is more effective than standard treatments at reducing symptoms of ADHD or anxiety."

That's misleading. It should read something like this:

• "Currently, there is no evidence that Brillia is effective at reducing symptoms of ADHD or anxiety. Any perceived benefits are purely placebo effects produced by belief in the product. No biological benefits have been measured. Pleasing lies have just as much benefit."

That applies to all real homeopathic products. Any product that claims to have no side effects has no real effects.

Also, there shouldn't then follow all the help in purchasing the product or using the producer's website. Cut to the chase and adopt this attitude: "It doesn't work, so you won't get help from us. Bye bye." You could reduce the size of that page by over 50%.

So please fix that "contact" issue, and if you want us to take your website seriously, then cut out all help to nostrums and quack remedies. Stand firmly on the side of evidence-based-medicine. BTW, I am a retired health care professional who has edited here since 2003, and I firmly support our WP:MEDRS policy.

Your credibility and Wikipedia's credibility are on the line, and calling out BS is the way to immediately improve it. See my essay on this topic. It is based on research, not partisan opinions: How to increase Wikipedia's credibility. Your website should follow that advice, as it applies to you also. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 19:00, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]